Use of Grid-Forming Medium-Voltage Power Electronics Hub in a Microgrid Setting

Fuhong Xie, Vikram Roy Chowdhury, Kumaraguru Prabakar, Akanksha Singh, Jongchan Choi, Aswad Adib, Joao Onofre Pereira Pinto, Madhu Sudhan Chinthavali

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Abstract

This paper presents the application of a new design of a multiport, modular, medium-voltage power electronics hub (M3PE-HUB) in a microgrid setting. The M3PE-HUB system was modeled in a digital real-time simulator (DRTS) and integrated into the Banshee microgrid test system. This paper presents the preliminary DRTS simulation-based results of the M3PE-HUB system connected in a test microgrid system. Verification and validation of the M3PE-HUB architecture and controls in the test microgrid setting are the primary contributions of this work. The results of the operation during the islanding and resynchronization process indicate the feasibility of the proposed architecture in a microgrid setting. This paper also presents results for a system reconfiguration use case where the M3PE-HUB was used to reconfigure the system under a fault condition.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages400-404
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9798350336962
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023 - San Juan, United States
Duration: Nov 6 2023 → Nov 9 2023

Publication series

Name2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Latin America, ISGT-LA 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Juan
Period11/6/23 → 11/9/23

Funding

This work was authored in part by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, the manager and operator of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under Contract No. DE-AC36-08GO28308. Funding provided by U.S. Department of Energy Grid Modernization Initiative and the Office of Electricity. The views expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of the DOE or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this work, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes. This work was authored in part by Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC, the manager and operator of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under Contract No. DE-AC36- 08GO28308. Funding provided by U.S. Department of Energy Grid Modernization Initiative and the Office of Electricity. The views expressed in the article do not necessarily represent the views of the DOE or the U.S. Government. The U.S. Government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the U.S. Government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this work, or allow others to do so, for U.S. Government purposes.

FundersFunder number
U.S. Department of Energy Grid Modernization Initiative
U.S. Government
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-AC36-08GO28308
National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Office of Electricity

    Keywords

    • Controller-hardware-in-the-loop
    • Grid -following controls
    • Grid-forming controls
    • Microgrids
    • Multiport modular medium-voltage power electronics hub

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